China Nonferrous Metal Industry’s Foreign Engineering and Construction Company will co-build an alumina plant in Iran with annual capacity of 200,000 tons, it said in a company filing on Thursday.

Despite chummy embraces and warm words, the leaders of Russia and France could not agree on one of the diplomatic world’s most pressing questions, whether or not Iran’s nuclear program would remain peaceful.

After the collapse of Soviet Union, new countries have emerged in a geography that extends from the Baltic region in the west, through the Pacific Ocean in the East.

What will happen if developing countries don’t have anything to export? This question will help us better understand the challenges that Iran will face during the next decade.

“Nuclear energy is Turkey’s indispensable need,” said Turkish Minister of Energy & Natural Resources Hilmi Guler on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that preparations were underway for a parliamentary authorization for a cross-border military operation to hunt PKK terrorists who operate from bases in the northern Iraq.

BERLIN, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) — German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier confirmed Wednesday that the German engineer kidnapped months ago in Afghanistan was released.

Egyptian parliament speaker described talks as the proper means of confrontation with the West, adding that the world countries should resort to negotiations to resolve their problems and to prevent US President George W. Bush from becoming another Neron.

A prominent Iranian lawmaker said here on Wednesday that the French government’s confused and weak system of diplomacy has pushed Paris into the adoption of hostile stances on Iran.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Undersecretary Javad Vaeedi and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) deputy Director General Ollie Heinonen continued their talks about Iran’s P1 and P2 centrifuges here in Tehran on Wednesday.